Andrey Shevchenko brings to Milan a Super Cup of Europe

On Friday, in Monaco, a match was held for a European Super Bowl, in which Milan, who won the Champions League fought with Porto, who won the UEFA Cup. This meeting marked the beginning of European cub tournaments with the participation of the strongest teams in the world.

From the first minutes, Dida, Dario Shimich, Alessandro Neta, Paolo Maldini, Giuseppe Pankaro, Rui Koshta, Jennaro Gattuzo, Andrea Pirlo, Klarence Sedorf, Andrey Shevchenko and Philippo Indzagi entered the field from the first minutes. The head coach of Porto entrusted the match by Vitor Baya, Georges Koshte, Ricarda Carvalia, Ricard Koste, Deco Sauza, Franciska Kostinier, Manish Ribeira, Paulo Ferreira, Dmitry Alenichev, Benny McCarthy and Derley Silva.

The game began with reconnaissance in battle, during which red-black took possession of a territorial advantage. From the first minutes, Tandem Indzagi-Shevchenko began to torment the defense of the Portuguese, and already in the 9th minute the striker of the Ukrainian national team, who brought the Milan Cup of the Champions Cup in the post-match duel with Juventus, managed to open an account. After Ruya’s canopy, Shevchenko’s sprouts affects the gates of the Baya Vitor's head.

Having behaved in the account, the Italians took a small Time out, providing the rivals with a game initiative. But the “port” did not work out the quick attacks of the port, the ball rarely crossed the central line and the elm on the approaches to the penalty “Milan”. As part of the Portuguese, Russian Dmitry Alenichev was especially active, and Shevchenko shone in counterattacks. Until the end of the first half, the game equilibrium was restored, but the game took place at a relatively low pace, which, of course, was in the hands of red-black ones, which began to act more carefully. It is worth noting that according to statistics in the first half of the meeting, the Portuguese had twice as long the ball - 62% versus 38%.

During the break, the mentors of both teams did not replace. The general drawing of the game did not undergo changes: the “port” still owned the ball more, and Milan was careful without disdaining counterattacks. The poorly organized attacks of the Portuguese invariably went out at the feet of Maldini and Nona, and in the 60th minute Benny McCarthy was taken on the front line by Edgaras Yankauskas. The Lithuanian has somewhat revived the attacking actions of Porto, but Milan in response began to frankly play from defense. In the 77th minute, Shevchenko lost his place Rivallo, and Alenicheva changes Ricard Fernandez.

With the departure of the Ukrainian, the Milan counterattack began to be very episodic in nature, all forces were thrown to hold the minimum advantage. In the last minutes of Porto, a real assault on Dida's goal is arranged. Busingva after the corner draw had a hundred percent moment, but the red-blue goalkeeper pulled the ball from the gate line. The Portuguese spent the time remaining to the final whistle in continuous attacks, but the experienced defense of Milan survived. The Italians had enough Shevchenko’s only ball to win a super -cup for the fourth time in their history.